Think of the children

Think of the children. The conservative pronatalist and anti contraception, anti abortion peeps might want to take a good look at some of Trump’s cabinet nominees.  As these conservatives push their pro-have-lots-of-children agenda, they should think about the world they would bequeath to the children they beget.  With RFK Jr, chief anti vaccine promoter, heading  Health and Human Services, your (and my) children will be at greater risk of contracting once eradicated childhood diseases.  Measles is already on the rise, and Covid never left. What other resurging diseases loom as science and vaccines are dismissed, displaced by  quack remedies promoted by charlatans? Polio? Tuberculosis? Meningitis? Mumps? What will childhood mortality look like? And  what kind of a world do you leave our children  with Lee Zeldin as the head of the EPA, with his short term instant gratification pledges to walk back environmental protections for the sake of energy and drilling companies? For the sake of cheaper gas? Think of  your children.  What will you have gifted your progeny as Zeldin and Trump roll back the development of  renewable energy in favor of quick fix “drill baby drill” exploitation of  finite fossil fuels that pollute air and water? When 100-year storms happen every 1 to 30 years? Your children, my children,  will reap what this administration sows. Maybe some of the despised libs agenda had something going for it after all…a future where healthy children are able to live in a safe, healthy environment. Think of our children.They are our legacy. With these nominees, with this incoming president, what shall we truly bequeath to them?  

Caveat the gilded Trump promise

November 6